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Keycloak - Identity and Access Management for Modern Applications

You're reading from   Keycloak - Identity and Access Management for Modern Applications Harness the power of Keycloak, OpenID Connect, and OAuth 2.0 to secure applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804616444
Length 350 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Stian Thorgersen Stian Thorgersen
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Pedro Igor Silva Pedro Igor Silva
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Keycloak 2. Securing Your First Application FREE CHAPTER 3. Brief Introduction to Standards 4. Authenticating Users with OpenID Connect 5. Authorizing Access with OAuth 2.0 6. Securing Different Application Types 7. Integrating Applications with Keycloak 8. Authorization Strategies 9. Configuring Keycloak for Production 10. Managing Users 11. Authenticating Users 12. Managing Tokens and Sessions 13. Extending Keycloak 14. Securing Keycloak and Applications 15. Assessments 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index

Invoking the UserInfo endpoint

In addition to being able to find information about the authenticated user from the ID token, it is also possible to invoke the UserInfo endpoint with an access token obtained through an OIDC flow.

Let's try this out by opening the playground application. You may at this point have to send new authentication and token requests, as it may be that your SSO session has expired.

If you're a quick reader (or you obtained new tokens), then click on 5 – UserInfo. Under UserInfo Request, you will see that the playground application is sending a request to the Keycloak UserInfo endpoint, including the access token in the authorization header.

The following screenshot from the playground application shows an example UserInfo Request:

Figure 4.11 – UserInfo request

Under UserInfo Response you will see the response Keycloak sent. You may notice that this does not have all the additional fields in the ID token, but rather is just a simple JSON...

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